September 1, 2003 Communication breakdown

Good for Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams for demonstrating leadership by calling an emergency meeting next month in London of the 38 primates of the Anglican Communion. Now the senior bishops - shepherds of the...

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June 1, 2003 What's General Synod? … Time to find out

There is a television commercial for a wireless phone company that opens with a man walking down a sidewalk testing his telephone. He is saying, "Can you hear me now?" Then he takes a few steps and repeats into the phone, "Can...

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May 1, 2003 Vestments hold a special place in our hearts

It was a sure thing: we asked you about your favourite vestments and your letters came in droves. We heard from deacons, priests, bishops, archbishops, artists and members of altar guilds. Dozens of photographs of copes, stoles...

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April 1, 2003 Council must now choose its path carefully

In the middle of a three-month-long deep freeze in this part of the world, it is difficult to reconcile this month with the coming spring and Easter. Still, it is without a doubt a time for new beginnings. With last month's...

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March 1, 2003 Church's task now is to convince the people

So it is final. All 30 dioceses have ratified the residential schools agreement, signing on to the liability to which General Synod pledged them more than three months ago. Now comes the church's challenge of persuading its...

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February 1, 2003 Welcoming churches embrace old and new

My family and I used to sit in the narthex, wedged into one of two rows of pews with other families with small children - an area we parents call the petting zoo. The interior back wall of the church is mostly glass, so the young...

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January 1, 2003 We have much to build, much to build on

This marks the final editorial by Vianney Carriere, who is now General Synod's acting director of communications (see story in Canada). THE PRIMATE has called this "a moment in time," a phrase so simple and yet so...

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December 1, 2002 Our divided bishops: Sympathy and regret

It might be possible - or relatively easy - to feel sympathy for the house of bishops' failure after three days of discussion, to come to a consensus on the issue of same-sex blessings. However, it is equally possible to...

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November 1, 2002 What would follow a pact with Ottawa?

It seems fair, doesn?t it, that at the end of a long, painful trek through a wilderness, there be a clear sense of direction and above all, relief. It seems so proper and fitting that in the end, problems, no matter how great or...

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October 1, 2002 Our stories must be told more aggressively

The Environics survey of how Anglicans feel about several major issues (which is reported elsewhere in this edition) is described in its subtitle as "A snapshot of Anglican issues and visions in Canada." It's a faulty analogy....

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